Friday, March 28, 2008
This study was to investigate the incidence, prevalence, and possible risk factors for low back pain among a group of runners and walkers. A survey with 539 responses who participated in either a 10-kilometer run or 4-mile recreational walk showed previous history of low back pain in 74% of respondents. Prevalence of low [...]
Friday, March 21, 2008
30-70% of cyclists suffer from cervical, dorsal, or lumbar back pain. There is a tendency towards hyperextension of the pelvic/spine angle which resulted in an increase in tensile forces at the sacral promontory. These forces can easily be reduced by appropriate adjustment of the seat angle–that is, by creating an anterior [...]
March 15, 2008
Prolonged sitting may alter the passive stiffness of the lumbar spine. Consequently, performing full lumbar flexion movements after extended periods of sitting may increase the risk of low back injury.
A study was performed on 12 normal subjects to quantify time-varying changes in the passive flexion stiffness of the lumbar spine with exposure to [...]
March 7, 2008
An article by Sherman KJ. Cherkin DC. Deyo RA, et al, discusses that patients frustrated with conventional care for back pain, turn increasingly to complementary and alternative medicine. Between 10% and 20% of visits to chiropractors, massage therapists, and acupuncturists is due to chronic back pain. Also back pain is the most common [...]
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